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From: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	 Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	x86@kernel.org,  "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org,  linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,  Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 09/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Handle restore of legacy nested state
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:54:47 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260224005500.1471972-10-jmattson@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260224005500.1471972-1-jmattson@google.com>

When nested NPT is enabled and KVM_SET_NESTED_STATE is used to restore an
old checkpoint (without a valid gPAT), the current IA32_PAT value must be
used as L2's gPAT.

Unfortunately, checkpoint restore is non-atomic, and the order in which
state components are restored is not specified. Hence, the current IA32_PAT
value may be restored by KVM_SET_MSRS after KVM_SET_NESTED_STATE.  To
further complicate matters, there may be a KVM_GET_NESTED_STATE before the
next KVM_RUN.

Introduce a new boolean, svm->nested.legacy_gpat_semantics. When set, hPAT
updates are also applied to gPAT, preserving the old behavior (i.e. L2
shares L1's PAT). Set this boolean when restoring legacy state (i.e. nested
NPT is enabled, but no GPAT is provided) in KVM_SET_NESTED_STATE. Clear
this boolean in svm_vcpu_pre_run(), to ensure that hPAT and gPAT are
decoupled before the vCPU resumes execution. Also clear this boolean when
the vCPU is forced out of guest mode by svm_leave_nested().

Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 13 ++++++++++---
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c    |  8 ++++++--
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h    |  9 +++++++++
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 5a35277f2364..b68eddcbc217 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -1537,6 +1537,7 @@ void svm_leave_nested(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (is_guest_mode(vcpu)) {
 		svm->nested.nested_run_pending = 0;
 		svm->nested.vmcb12_gpa = INVALID_GPA;
+		svm->nested.legacy_gpat_semantics = false;
 
 		leave_guest_mode(vcpu);
 
@@ -2075,9 +2076,15 @@ static int svm_set_nested_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 
 	svm_switch_vmcb(svm, &svm->nested.vmcb02);
 
-	if (nested_npt_enabled(svm) &&
-	    (kvm_state->hdr.svm.flags & KVM_STATE_SVM_VALID_GPAT))
-		vmcb_set_gpat(svm->vmcb, kvm_state->hdr.svm.gpat);
+	svm->nested.legacy_gpat_semantics =
+		nested_npt_enabled(svm) &&
+		!(kvm_state->hdr.svm.flags & KVM_STATE_SVM_VALID_GPAT);
+	if (nested_npt_enabled(svm)) {
+		u64 g_pat = svm->nested.legacy_gpat_semantics ?
+			    vcpu->arch.pat : kvm_state->hdr.svm.gpat;
+
+		vmcb_set_gpat(svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr, g_pat);
+	}
 
 	nested_vmcb02_prepare_control(svm, svm->vmcb->save.rip, svm->vmcb->save.cs.base);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 00dba10991a5..ac45702f566e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -2727,7 +2727,8 @@ static bool svm_pat_accesses_gpat(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool from_host)
 	 * with older kernels.
 	 */
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(from_host && vcpu->wants_to_run);
-	return !from_host && is_guest_mode(vcpu) && nested_npt_enabled(svm);
+	return !svm->nested.legacy_gpat_semantics && !from_host &&
+		is_guest_mode(vcpu) && nested_npt_enabled(svm);
 }
 
 static u64 svm_get_pat(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool from_host)
@@ -2749,7 +2750,8 @@ static void svm_set_pat(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool from_host, u64 data)
 		if (npt_enabled) {
 			vmcb_set_gpat(svm->vmcb01.ptr, data);
 			if (is_guest_mode(&svm->vcpu) &&
-			    !nested_npt_enabled(svm))
+			    (svm->nested.legacy_gpat_semantics ||
+			     !nested_npt_enabled(svm)))
 				vmcb_set_gpat(svm->vmcb, data);
 		}
 	}
@@ -4262,6 +4264,8 @@ static int svm_vcpu_pre_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (to_kvm_sev_info(vcpu->kvm)->need_init)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	to_svm(vcpu)->nested.legacy_gpat_semantics = false;
+
 	return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
index 58b0b935d049..626efef878a5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
@@ -238,6 +238,15 @@ struct svm_nested_state {
 	 * on its side.
 	 */
 	bool force_msr_bitmap_recalc;
+
+	/*
+	 * Indicates that a legacy nested state (without a valid gPAT) was
+	 * recently restored. Until the next KVM_RUN, updates to hPAT are
+	 * also applied to gPAT, preserving legacy behavior (i.e. L2 shares
+	 * L1's PAT). Because checkpoint restore is non-atomic, this
+	 * complication is necessary for backward compatibility.
+	 */
+	bool legacy_gpat_semantics;
 };
 
 struct vcpu_sev_es_state {
-- 
2.53.0.371.g1d285c8824-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-02-24  0:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-24  0:54 [PATCH v5 00/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Improve PAT virtualization Jim Mattson
2026-02-24  0:54 ` [PATCH v5 01/10] KVM: x86: SVM: Remove vmcb_is_dirty() Jim Mattson
2026-02-24  0:54 ` [PATCH v5 02/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Clear VMCB_NPT clean bit when updating hPAT from guest mode Jim Mattson
2026-02-24  0:54 ` [PATCH v5 03/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Cache and validate vmcb12 g_pat Jim Mattson
2026-02-24  0:54 ` [PATCH v5 04/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Set vmcb02.g_pat correctly for nested NPT Jim Mattson
2026-02-24  0:54 ` [PATCH v5 05/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Redirect IA32_PAT accesses to either hPAT or gPAT Jim Mattson
2026-02-24 17:43   ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-24 18:18     ` Jim Mattson
2026-02-24 19:04     ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-24  0:54 ` [PATCH v5 06/10] KVM: x86: Remove common handling of MSR_IA32_CR_PAT Jim Mattson
2026-02-24  0:54 ` [PATCH v5 07/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Save gPAT to vmcb12.g_pat on VMEXIT Jim Mattson
2026-02-24  0:54 ` [PATCH v5 08/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Save/restore gPAT with KVM_{GET,SET}_NESTED_STATE Jim Mattson
2026-03-04 17:11   ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-04 18:37     ` Jim Mattson
2026-03-04 19:11       ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-04 19:35         ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-04 19:55           ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-05 18:49             ` Jim Mattson
2026-02-24  0:54 ` Jim Mattson [this message]
2026-03-03 17:32   ` [PATCH v5 09/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Handle restore of legacy nested state Sean Christopherson
2026-02-24  0:54 ` [PATCH v5 10/10] KVM: selftests: nSVM: Add svm_nested_pat test Jim Mattson
2026-03-05 17:08 ` [PATCH v5 00/10] KVM: x86: nSVM: Improve PAT virtualization Sean Christopherson

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